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Asus N50VC / N50VN Reviews Analysis

Core 2 Duo T9550 / 2.66 GHz - Centrino 2 - RAM 4 GB - HDD 320 GB - DVD More product details

Asus N50VC / N50VN
alaSCORE 91

60 reviews

November, 2009

79 / 100

15 Experts

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What people think about the Asus N50VC / N50VN: (BETA!)

We compute this summary by analyzing 60 reviews from across the web.

price

5

  • but for the price it is acceptable)
  • CPU (T5800 is a mild performer, but for the price it is acceptable)
  • About as good of a deal as you're going to find for the specs and the price
  • Excellent hardware for the price
  • When comparing the price of notebooks from other manufacturers with matching hardware, the price is usually $300-$400 more
  • Price
  • Great price
 
  • Good price to feature ratio
  • This laptop really delivers at a price that non of the other manufacturers can even get close for the features you would get
  • The price and the power you get from the t9400
  • The price and the power you get from the t9400, 4 gb ram, 500 hard drive, and loaded with features
  • With the price and whats in it
  • With the price and whats in it, I did not find anything else that can beat it for what this can do
  • Great laptop for the price
  • This is a great low priced laptop
  • Well worth the money
  • Well worth the money, even the $1000 it'll be worth soon
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performance

5

  • The service was fast and friendly
  • Wish it had a faster CPU and bigger hard drive but then I guess I could have bought the next Asus model up for more money
  • it's fast
  • Overall, it's fast
  • I had a HP dv6000 series with a 1.63 Ghz processor
  • and other aspects that effect the performance/speed of computers and landed on this one
  • I spent weeks learning about processors, FSB, DDR2, and other aspects that effect the performance/speed of computers and landed on this one
 
  • Fast
  • Plenty of space for movies/music, very quick processor and plenty of RAM, great vid card for the latest games, HDMIs are nice, Blu Ray, you can't go wrong with this laptop
  • processor etc
  • rendering is very quick
  • Rendering photos is a breeze with the 1GB of VRAM and SLOW FPS isn't an issue
  • it looks better and allows me to work faster easily
  • It has 4 gigs of ram and the processor is really fast
  • I paid $1299 from Newegg, shipping was good, fast, well protected
  • fast, runs everything smoothly
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screen

4

  • The display is only 1280x800
  • Display 5/5
  • nice display and comes with a carrying case and mini mouse
  • Has eSATA, HDMI, plenty of USB ports, nice display and comes with a carrying case and mini mouse
  • Also I was looking for high resolution display which is nice if you use Visual Studio
 

keyboard

4.5

  • The keyboard is not good for typing
  • It is relatively unresponsive once you start typing quickly
  • It is relatively unresponsive once you start typing quickly, missing letters or duplicate letters
  • I even changed the keyboard settings but couldn't help it
  • The keyboard is very full
  • Full keyboard
  • the keyboard is newly designed
  • As the previous reviewer mentioned, the keyboard is newly designed, it looks better and allows me to work faster easily
  • The full-size keyboard is nice
  • great keyboard (full numeric keypad!)
  • The keyboard is very full, maybe a little too packed
  • Screen impeccable, great keyboard (full numeric keypad!), fairly light-weight, quiet running, cool running (no overheat issues), good arrangement of ports, not too much junk-ware
  • The keyboard and mouse take a little to get used to because it has a full keyboard with number pad
  • Numpad keyboard
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battery

2.5

  • for me the battery life is only 2 hours
  • The last problem is that, for me the battery life is only 2 hours, can someone help me fix this please
  • Short battery life
  • Short battery life, even on power saving mode
  • It will say 3 hours of more but as soon as you do anything it drops to around 2
  • battery last 3hrs and you can add personal satifaction as a pro
  • Very quiet, minimum bloatware, battery last 3hrs and you can add personal satifaction as a pro
  • has a reasonable battery life (about 3 hours on high performance)
  • It is quite, has a reasonable battery life (about 3 hours on high performance)
  • Long battery life
 
  • Long battery life, and advanced power management options
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connectivity

5

  • usb
  • plenty of USB ports
 

usability

1.5

  • You can't really get the use of al 4 gigs of RAM without 64 bit...so if you don't own a copy, you should really get one for this laptop so you can use it to it's full potential
  • I keep a small micro fiber towel handy and I find I use it often
  • Vista- uggghhh- cool concept-bad in application
  • The hard drive died after a week or use
  • I use mine for a lot of field work so even though it is not a "lightweight" laptop
  • I wanted a notebook that meets my needs of daily use and occasional gaming
  • Nice screen settings: I haven't had a use for all of them
 

energy efficiency

1

  • The power cord is relatively short
  • even on power saving mode
  • but for the power it can't be beat
  • Pretty hefty, but for the power it can't be beat
  • enough graphics power to run graphics-intensive games (Fallout 3
  • and advanced power management options
 

image quality

4.5

  • then 100's of system tray icon's load I had to format the whole thing
  • After booting into vista home premium and watching the finger reader complain, Norton anti virus complain, then 100's of system tray icon's load I had to format the whole thing
  • The picture quality is awesome
  • Amazing game quality (World of Warcraft on Ultra
 

interface

3

  • but that's probably just user-error
  • I also haven't quite figured out how to get the internet running using the Express Gate, but that's probably just user-error
  • but I imagine some user could appreciate whatever functionality it offers
  • Nice screen settings: I haven't had a use for all of them, but I imagine some user could appreciate whatever functionality it offers
 

remote control

0.5

  • The M50 series has one and makes adding a media remote down the road more convenient than having a USB-IR dongle hanging off
 

LCD

5

  • Everything else plays on the big screen fine though
  • beautiful LED-backlit screen bright enough to shine through glossy-screen glare
  • Full keyboard, beautiful LED-backlit screen bright enough to shine through glossy-screen glare, enough graphics power to run graphics-intensive games (Fallout 3, NWN2
  • 15.4 screen is both plenty big and bright
  • Screen impeccable
  • The display is crystal clear and the device comes with many useful features that are "missing" in other brands
 
  • The screen is amazingly sharp
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appearance

4.5

  • I like a more basic look
  • but it's high gloss so what can you expect
  • Prone to leave fingerprints anywhere, but it's high gloss so what can you expect
  • sleek appearance
  • Professional, sleek appearance
  • The ExpressOS would be neat form someone that doesnt need a full OS to do what they need and it really does boot in 8 seconds
 

lens

3

  • I had to contact ASUS for an updated Windvd program so it would play new bluray disc
  • The system stopped responding and when restarted I got BSOD with error "PROCESS1_INITIALIZATION_FAILED"
  • It has a really balanced base system
  • my wife has found very few of her games that she can't play on this Vista system
  • At this point, my wife has found very few of her games that she can't play on this Vista system
 

sensor

0.5

  • but pre-loaded with 32-bit vista does not make sense
 

portability

4

  • It's no lightweight
  • I did not feel it is especially heavy
  • I use mine for a lot of field work so even though it is not a "lightweight" laptop, I did not feel it is especially heavy
  • fairly light-weight
 

product quality

5

  • The outside finish is nice and it's easy to wipe fingerprints and dust off
 

control panel

5

  • A multimedia control panel on top of the keyboard that will light up with LED indicators
  • A multimedia control panel on top of the keyboard that will light up with LED indicators, looks very elegant and fassionable
 

size

0.5

  • All the awesome features beats that small negative detail big time
  • A liitle to big in size for 15" notebook
  • A little shiny
  • I wish that was a little better
  • Large
  • Its more powerful than my desktop at a fraction of the size
  • but it turned out really big
  • I wanted a 15.4" because I thought it was really small, but it turned out really big
  • Large, especially for a 15.4" laptop
  • maybe a little too packed
  • but it would be nice if the speakers were a little better
  • That's not a huge issue, but it would be nice if the speakers were a little better
 
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resolution

5

  • good resolution
  • 7200rpm HD, good resolution
  • Anyone know what the screen Resolution for this laptop is
  • Love the case- awesome screen the resolution is great
 

video

5

  • Especially the video
  • Bought this for video editing with an external HD it is super smooth and fast
  • Plenty of RAM and a good video card
  • Great notbook with good video card
  • Great notbook with good video card, camer and finger print reader
 
  • The 1GB of video is great for the money
  • That's not even mentioning the pretty beefy video card - This laptop gets things done
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menu

4.5

  • and her Microsoft Explorer randomly shuts down
  • She also has a taskbar that vanishes, and her Microsoft Explorer randomly shuts down
  • volume goes down
  • right-to-left, volume goes down
  • and it just went down to $50 discount a couple days ago
  • It was at a $200 discount a week ago, and it just went down to $50 discount a couple days ago
 

memory

1

  • The fact that this notebook comes with 4GB memory
  • The fact that this notebook comes with 4GB memory, but pre-loaded with 32-bit vista does not make sense
  • You cannot access the full 4GB memory range with 32-bit vista
  • Comes with 32 bit Vista and 4 gig of ram
  • I feel ASUS should have bundled 64 bit Vista with this laptop to fully address all of the ram included
  • loads of RAM
  • 4 gb ram
  • it has plenty of ram and a good processor for the money
  • The screen is amazingly sharp, it has plenty of ram and a good processor for the money
  • 99bucks for OEM vista 64 isn't bad but with 32 bit only 3.15 or so of the ram will be addressable
  • She complains that her desktop icons are mysteriously gone everytime she starts the computer (she has to uncheck the 'show desktop icons' option and then recheck it to get the icons to appear again
  • Her computer is free of virus's and spam
  • Her computer is free of virus's and spam, so we believe that the only other option is Vista
 
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shutter

5

  • NO FLEX, NO BEND, NO UGLY CLIPS HOLDING THE LID SHUT
 

build quality

5

  • VERY STURDY design
 

design

5

  • it's not necessarily about how it looks
  • I like a more basic look, but hey, it's not necessarily about how it looks
  • If you are looking for a laptop with EVERYTHING this is what you want
  • After spending a week of research and looking at reviews and prices of every major laptop brand thinkable I came upon this little Gem at newegg
  • Great looks too
  • Looks good
  • Looks good, feels good, and performs excellently
 
  • Stylish ID: A shiny
  • Stylish ID: A shiny, glossy cover that provides asthetics and scratch resistance at the same time
  • looks very elegant and fassionable
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